Thread: best budget suspension set up?

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it took me a while on my dial up connection, but here's a few pics. one shot of the engine...the rest just for fun. I'll try and snap a couple pics under the car and post those up soon.

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...500&ppuser=758

Man, you struck gold. Underneath all that dirt and dust is a real gem. Just hosing it off will make a world of difference, and it looks like it is pretty solid.

For starters, you can sell that engine and trans to someone fixing up a Chevy of that year, who wants matching numbers. Or sell it to a rat rodder, they love these old engines. (but don't wash off the dirt, they call it "patina." )

Not sure how deep you want to get into the build, or your capabilities, but you could either lift the body off and clean up and refit the frame and suspension, or simply clean up everything with the body intact. Frame off would be best, but it takes some work and lots of room to do it. Take pictures of every aspect of the car before you tear it down, and as you are tearing it down, for reference.

I envy you, this is a really historic piece and well worth doing. Gotta get ready for work, so have to run. If you have any more questions or more pix as you proceed, just post them.


Don

it's in old primer (with the original paint underneath ) so even when dusted off it doesn't look much better, but it is pretty solid...just some minor surface rust here and there...no major rust as far as I can tell but I fear there is a good bit of bondo as it's cracked in places so I'll see exactly how it looks when the time comes.

The 283 will sit off to the the side for a while with the extra manifold with 3 duces waiting for a '32 in the future (what my dad wanted but couldnt afford back when he got the '35)...should probably sell it for money for the '35 but o well

Unfortunately I won't have room to be able to have the body off, but I should be able to work around that.

I appreciate all the help so far...I'm sure I'll be posting many more questions in the future...thanks!